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Marlboro European F3 Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 12/6/1983
Track length: 4.718 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 22
Finishers: 13

Pole position: Allam in 1.39,56
Fastest lap: Soper in 1.40,21 = 169,51 kmh

Distance:
Average speed: 165,55 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1983 Cars

 

The sixth round of this year's Trimoco Group A championship, held at Silverstone last weekend, fell to the Hepolite Rover of Steve Soper, who thus notched up his third Group A victory of the year. Leading from lights-to-flag, the Metro graduate enjoyed a comfortable, untroubled ride to score an easy win. The record books will suggest that the similar Sanyo-backed car of Peter Lovett had an equally straightforward time in taking second place; that was definitely not the case. Lovett was engaged in a furious dice for most of the race with the series debutante BMW 635 CSi of Frank Sytner. After the duo had swapped places several times, Sytner took the place on the road after some demon outbraking at Woodcote, only to drop back to third at the end when a penalty of 10s was added for his having crossed the notorious chicane penalty line earlier on. Another fine duel in the baby class saw Chris Hodgetts' Escort RS1600i emerge victorious from a dispute with John Morris' Scirocco, and Andy Rouse took another win in the poorly supported Class B (three starters, one finisher this week), at the wheel of the ICS Alfa GTV6. One man who was out of luck was Jeff Allam, consistently fastest in practice, but whose start was ruined when his brakes locked on, and who was eventually stopped by an electrical fault. (MN)


Touring Cars class A-C
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
DSQ 1 4 Hepolite Glacier Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Steve Soper, GB
3532 V8 A 20 laps, 34.12,09 2 1.40,60 1.40,21 Disq: Technical infringements
DSQ 2 3 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Pete Lovett, GB
3532 V8 A 20 laps, 34.20,00 4 1.40,90   Disq: Technical infringements
3 3 19 Grace International Racing
BMW 635 CSi
Frank Sytner, GB
3475 L6 A 20 laps, 34.29,77 3 1.40,88   Including 10 second penalty for missing chicane
4 4 10 Equipe Esso / Daily Mirror
Rover Vitesse
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
3532 V8 A 20 laps, 34.38,15 5 1.42,03    
5 1 34 Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Andy Rouse, GB
2491 V6 B 20 laps, 35.00,99 7 1.43,00 1.40,74  
6 5 11 GM Dealer Sport
Opel Monza 3.0E
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
2998 L6 A 20 laps, 35.08,23 9 1.43,67    
7 1 69 Brooklyn Motorsport
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1598 L4 C 19 16 1.49,47    
8 2 60 Volkswagen Sport
VW Scirocco GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 C 19 12 1.47,72    
9 3 86 Demon Tweeks Racing
VW Golf GTI
Alan Minshaw, GB
1588 L4 C 19 18 1.50,00   Gearbox
10 4 78 Unipart with Daily Express
MG Metro
Patrick Watts, GB
1275 L4 C 18 19 1.53,48    
11 5 83 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Rob Kirby, GB
1498 B4 C 18 22 2.01,80   Misfire
12 6 84 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Andrew Thorpe, GB
1498 B4 C 18 20 1.54,09   Penalty for missing chicane
13 7 87 RZ Racing
Toyota Corolla GT
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB
1588 L4 C 18 21 1.55,23    
DNF   18 Team Colt Cars Mid-West
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Dave Brodie, GB
1998 tc L4 A 3 15 1.49,96   Lost oil filter
DNF   77 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Richard Longman, GB
1598 L4 C 1 13 1.49,03   Engine
DNF   2 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Jeff Allam, GB
3532 V8 A   1 1.39,56   Fuel pump
DNF   5  
Rover Vitesse
Gordon Spice, GB
3532 V8 A 6 6 1.42,22   Gearbox
DNF   35 Unipart with Daily Express
MG Metro Turbo
Tony Pond, GB
1275 tc L4 B ca. 10 8 1.43,29   Overheating
DNF   31 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Jon Dooley, GB
2491 V6 B 14 11 1.45,09   Propshaft
DNF   72 LLoyds of Stafford
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Rob Hall, GB
1598 L4 C 14 14 1.49,07 1.48,98 Alternator belt
DNF   66 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Alan Curnow, GB
1598 L4 C   17 1.49,82    
DNF   6  
Rover Vitesse
Dennis Leech, GB
3532 V8 A   10 1.43,72   Rear vibration
DNS   70 Julian May Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Jock Robertson, GB
1598 L4 C     no time   Withdrawn, car not ready